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Croatia defeats Ghana 2-1 in their final Group L game in Philadelphia!

With England beating Panama 2-0, Croatia finishes second in the group.

Petar Sucic's moment of brilliance was the difference in a steady first half.

After Nikola Vlasic hit the post, Sucic was found by Mateo Kovacic and fired a daisy-cutter through defensive legs into the bottom-left corner, catching Benjamin Asare unaware just past the half-hour mark.

Ghana switched things up after the break and restored parity in the 73rd minute.

After a VAR check for offside, Derrick Luckassen scored with a smart side-foot from a lovely Ernest Nuamah free-kick delivery.

Despite the celebration, Croatia remained undeterred and quickly restored their advantage.

Mario Pasalic forced a fine save from Asare to win a corner.

From the corner, the Hearts of Oak keeper couldn't react quickly enough to stop Vlasic's pinpoint header down into the bottom-left corner, kissing the inside of the post.

Croatia will now play Portugal in the next round, while Ghana will face Colombia, inadvertently ending Scotland's tournament.

Croatia played above their 0.42 xG, while Ghana also worked well around their 0.74 xG chances.

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Croatia takes a 2-1 victory over Ghana.

Ghana makes one last surge, but Fatawu's wild effort sails high and wide.

Nothing comes of it.

Croatia wins a corner and plays it short from the left.

Marco Pasalic squirms free of his markers and darts to the left byline, but Yirenkyi swats away his cross.

YELLOW CARD!

Oppong picks up the game's second yellow card for fouling Matanovic, stopping a late Croatia counter after some fine tackling from Modric.

Marco Pasalic wins a corner on the right.

Modric casually strolls over as Ghana waits, frustrated.

The corner is played short, then a wild cross sails way over for a goal kick.

Modric fires a sneaky low shot from a left-sided free kick, but it's blocked.

Thomas-Asante is then fouled, stopping a potential counter-attack.

Gvardiol draws a foul from Senaya, and the fourth official signals a minimum of seven additional minutes.

Good news!

Semenyo is back on the field, though he's moving a bit gingerly after that collision with Pongragic.

SUB: Vlasic heads off after scoring what looks like the game-winner.

Josko Gvardiol comes on to help Croatia see out the result.

SUB: Croatia makes another change as Marco Pasalic replaces Baturina.